Car-mover.



C. NICCARTER.

GAR IVIOVER. APPLlcATlQN man ocT.5,1911.

Patented Jun@ 11, 19m.

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c @arie/r TTRNEVS C. McCARTER.

CAR movl-1n,

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5,19I7.

l 994'? l m Patented J une 11, 1918.

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ition as applied to a car tion of the two ends of thecla'mpt n r rreCHARLES Mecsnrnn, or DECATUR, ILLINOIS, Assreivon or oNnerIALr ToCHARLES r.

Evans, or DEcA'rUn, ILLINOIS.

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Application led October 5, 1917. Serial No. 194,887.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it lmown that I, CHARLES MGCARTER, acitizen of the United. States, and a resident of Decatur, in thefcountyof Macon` and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCar-Mover, of which the following is a full, clear, `and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, eiiicient and easilymanipulated car mover which is characterized by a frame havingrollersfor engaging the car rails, with means on the top of theframeforengaging the sidesof a car wheel to increase the stability of themover.` t

"Another characteristic of the invention is to increase leverage bycompounding same, said levers being disposed obliquely to increase thestability of the mover vand facilitate thefmanipulation of conpledcars.

Other characteristics of the invention will appear as the descriptionproceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in all the view' Yl Q t `Figurerl is a side elevation of my inven V wheel to move al car;Fig.2 is aplan view; t 't 4 Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig, 4 is ahorizontal sectionon line 41%, Fig.1;` d Fig.y is a-.vertical section onlinee-f5, Fig. `1 in which the jaws shown in end elevation; and t Fig. 6`is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 4, illustrating thesimultaneous opera- Referring to the drawings, 7 is a carriage mountedon flangedwheels 8 adapted'toroll on a rail 9 of a track. Thecarriage 7has a head 10 at the top extending laterally to each side of thecarriage-and havingat each lateral end1 a 'horizontal slot 11converging' toward the rear of the carriage and in a vertical plane withfa lug 12` provided on a bracket 13 extending rearwardly of thecarriage, there being two lugs 121each in"ver tical plane with a`,correspending slot. This arrangement allows` the ,use ofthe car moveron either the right orleftside of the track, aswill appear hereinafter.y,

An operating lever 14 is pivotally mountf ed in one `of the ,slots 11.In consequence,

of the mover are r said lever is disposed at an angle to the carriageand helps to balance the mover on the rollers. The end of thelonger larmof the operating lever 14 extendsbeyond the lug 12 which is in verticalplane therewith, and which end is connected by links 15 to a `Socket' 16of a manipulatinglever 17, and which socket`is,.in turn, connectedpivotally to the lug 12 with which the operating lever 14 is in plane.`in cpnsequence, disposed angularly to the 'carriage and makes itpossibleto separate coupled cars with plenty of clearance for the lever17. This connection of the levers increases the leverage of theoperating lever 14. i

The other end of the operating lever 14 is connected to a cam 18 by alink 19 to movesaid cam on its trunnion 20, carried by a wheel grip orclamp 2,1, so as to bring said cam 18 against the face of a flange 22 ofa car wheel 23. The"trunnion`20 has a lug 20 at the free end of ysamefor which the cam `18 has aslot 18 to "allow the engagement of the camwith the trunnion. VThis lug 20 normally prevents the disengagement ofthe cam'fromthe trunnion. The wheel grip 21 extends transversely of thewheel23 below the head 10, and presentsa fixed jaw 24 at the endopposite where the ca`m718 is provided. The jaw is adapted'to engage theouter edge of the wheel rim. Preferablya gripping `member 25 is providedin the jaw'24- j The clamp or wheelgrip has oppositely disposed ears 26at the fixed jaw 24. `The upper ear 26 is engaged bya rod 27 whichprojects through the frame of a roller car` rier 28 bolted to the head10. The rod 27 carries a spring `29, oney end of'which abuts against thecarrier 28 while the other abuts against a shoulder formed on the rodThe manipulating lever is,

27. The carrier 28 supports rollersSl on sponding operating lever lleachor disengaged 'romthe wheel of a car.

the car mover may be brought into engagement with the wheel or releasedfrom same when the car mover is to be disengaged.

As the manipulating lever 17 is actuated motion is imparted to theoperating lever 14; which will, in the downward movement of themanipulating lever 17, bring the movable jaw or cam against the flangeof the wheel, in conse uence, bringing the gripping member25 of t efixed jaw against the edge of the rim of the wheel, thereby gripping thewheel and imparting to it a rotary movement as the manipulating lever 17is moved downward. The initial upward movement of the lever 17disengages the cam 18 from the flange of the wheel and thereby releasesthe grip of the clamp on the wheel. The wheelgrip 21 is'preventcd fromfollowing the operating lever le by the spring 29 mounted onthe rod 27.The lever 351s used only when the mover is to be-engagd e wheel grip21'has a rear extension 37 which bears on the front part of the carriage7 and maintains said wheel grip at the wheel 23.` The doublesets `ofears on the wheel grip allow `the use of the mover on either side of thetrack in conjunction with the double lugs `12 and double. slots 11.

In Fig. 6` a wheel grip 21 is provided with a movable or cam 18 at eachend of the wheel grip. Each of the cams or movable jaws is, `suspendedfrom a correpivotally mounted in a `corresponding slot llin the head `10of the'` carrier. One of the levers 14 isconnected tothe other lever 14:to move therewith when said other lever lllis oper-M i ated by themanipulating lever, 17. In this arrangement the rod 27 andears 26 may bedispensed with. i e

I-rclaim; e y Ay car mover comprising a carriage, a leven Ifulcrumedonthe carriage and disf posed diagonally thereon not to decrease thestability of said carriage, a wheel grip suspended fromythe carriage andoperable by said lever, anda second lever connected tojthe carriage andto the firstlever, said second lever being also disposed diagonally ofthe carriage so as to facilitate the `working of thefmoverin closequarters. 2; A car mov` r comprising a `carriage adapted to besupportedon a rail of a track, a Afirst-class lever mounted diagonally on thecarriage so that the stability of the carriage on the rail is notmaterially affected by said lever, means on the top of the carriage forengaging the `sides* of a car wheel to steady the carriage on the rail,a wheel grip suspended `from the oarriageand operable by said lever, anda lever of the second class yCopies or this `patent maybe obtained forlthe lever of secured to the carriage and engaging the lever Aof thefirst class and whereby said lever of the first class is operated.

3. A 'car mover comprising a carriage, a

lever of the first class disposed diagonally on said carriage, a wheelgrip suspended from the carriage and operable by the lever, and a leverof the second class disposed diagonally on the carriage in alinementwith first and connected to the said first lever whereby the same isoperated, the diagonal position of said second lever permitting theworking of the car mover in closequarters.

1. A car mover comprising a carriage, a lever disposed onhsaid carriage,a wheel grip, means connecting the wheel grip to the lever for operatingthe wheel grip, and a yielding connection from `the wheel grip to thecarriage Jfor resisting the movement of the wheel grip toward `the topof vthe carriage. s s

r5. A car mover comprising a carriage, a lever on said carriage, a wheelgrip adapted to be disposed transversely of the carriage below the topof same, means connecting one end of said wheel gripto thelever, a rodconnecting the other end of the wheel grip to the carriage to limit thedownward movement of the wheelgrip, and a spring on saidrod forresisting anl upward movement of the wheel grip whenthe other end ofthewheel grip is drawn upwardly by the lever. y s i s s 6. In a carmover, a carriage havinga head extending laterally to each side of thecarriage, said head havinga diagonal slotl in the lateral ends forreceiving a lever, said slots convergingtoward the rear of the carriage,anda bracket Iin the rear of the carriage having lugs disposeddiagonally so that a slot anda lug are Ain `common vertical plane. ,f

7. A` car mover comprising' a carriage, a lever fulcrumedon`thecarriage, a wheel grip suspendedlfrom the :carriage and operable bysaid lever, and a second lever conles nected to the carriageiand to therst lever,

said second lever being` disposed diagonally of the carriage tofacilitate the working of themove'rin "close quarters.` e

8l `A `car mover comprising] a carriage, a irstclass l'ever fulcrumedonthe carriage, a wheel grip suspended from the carriage and operable bysaid first-class lever, and a the secondclass fulcrumedon the carriageand connected `to the lever of the first class for operating the same. e

` CHARLES MGCARTER.

A Witnesses:

Y CiArLEsF. Evans, f i

J. W". MONTGOMERY.

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